We’ve talked about several options for trips for 2026 & 2027 but we need to start narrowing down the options. How do we want to spend our time? Land Journeys? Cruises? a Mix? and how many trips can we afford to take? So here are some options we’ve talked about:
Some land options:
Cruises (all per cabin rates below)
Most cruise lines don’t have 2027 cruises listed yet so here are the 2026 cruises for the most part we can use as a guide:
Virgin Voyages – from the reviews I’ve watched, we are going to mostly want to stick to the warmer weather
- East Coast
- 3/28-4/6/26 – 9 nights (Puerto Rico, BVI, DR, Charleston – SC, Newport – RI, NY) $4,862
- West Coast
- 4/7-4/12/26 – 5 nights LA RT (LA, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Ensenada, LA) $3,000
- 4/12-4/18/26 – 6 nights LA RT (LA, Cabo, Mazatlán, LA) $3,538
- 5/3-5/11/26– 8 nights (Los Angeles, Catalina Island, San Francisco, Astoria, Victoria & Vancouver) $4,562
- 9/11-9/19/26 – 8 nights (Vancouver, Astoria, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Catalina Island, San Diego & Los Angeles) $4,322
- Mediterranean/Europe
Viking River Cruises
- 5/27 – 6/10/26 – 15 nights Grand European Voyage – (Budapest to Amsterdam) $16,998
- 5/1 – 5/8/26 – 8 nights Danube – (Regensburg, DE – Budapest) $10,598
Explora Journeys – this is a luxury fully all inclusive cruise line
- 10/5-10/12/26 – 7 nights Eastern Med – (Athens, Paros – GR, Rhodes-GR, Corfu-GR, Hvar-CR, Rijeka-CR, Venice) $8760
- 10/12-10/19/26 – 7 nights Eastern Med (Venice, Rovinj-CR, Dubrovnik-CR, Brindisi-IT, Kotor-MN, Santorini-GR, Athens) $9340
- 5/3-5/10/27 – 7 nights West Coast (LA, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Astoria, Victoria, Vancouver) $7180
Celebrity – I included drinks, wifi and gratuities to compare with the cruises above. if we don’t do the full package it could be cheaper (or not) and these can be booked on Costco so you get the costco cash
- Mediterranean
- 9/7 – 9/18/26 11 nights (Barcelona, Nice, La Spezia, Rome, Naples, Olympia, Ephesus, Santorini, Athens) $7,083.44 (Eclipse) $5,543.44 (with no everything package)
- 5/15-5/25/56 or 9/18-9/28/26 – 10 night (Rome, Sicily, Olympia, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Split, Bar, Naples, Rome) $9,051.68 (Ascent)
- 5/5-5/14/26 or 9/22-10/1/26 – 9 night (Rome, Naples, LA Spezia <overnight>, Portofino, Nice, Marseille, Barcelona) $5,614.98 (Equinox)
- 10/9 – 10/19/26 – 10 Nights (Athens, Santorini, Rhodes, Ephesus-TKY, Mykonos, Dubrovnik-CR, Kotor-MO, Split-CR, Venice) Balcony – $5,607.00 (ECLIPSE)
- 10/30-11/9/26 10 nights (Barcelona, Malta, Crete, Olympia, Sicily, Naples, Rome, Barcelona) $5,468.16 (Equinox) $4068 w/o package
- 10/30-11/10/26 11 nights (Athens, Santorini, Mykonos, Naples, Rome, La Spezia <overnight>, Nice, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona) $6,686 (ECLIPSE) $5,146
- New England
- 9/5-9/17/26 – 12 Nights (Boston RT) Balcony -$6,321 (SILHOUETTE)
- New Zealand
- 1/29-2/12/26 13 Nights (Sydney RT with 8 stops in NZ) Balcony $10,270.72(Edge)
- Norway
Princess (premier package – all included) and Brand New Ship
- 9/27/26 7 nights ( Vancouver <overnight>, Victoria, San Francisco <overnight>, LA) $5,944
- 4/19/27 7 nights (LA, Mazatlán, Cabo, LA) $6740
- 10/3-10/10/26 7 nights (Athens, Bar, Montenegro, Corfu, Sicily, Naples, Barcelona) $5,504
- 10/3-10/17/26 14 nights (Athens, Bar, Corfu, Sicily, Naples, Barcelona, Gibraltar, Marseille, Genoa, La Spezia, Rome) $10,920.64
- 10/10-10/17/26 7 nights (LA, Cabo, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, LA) $4694
- 5/12-5/19/26 7 nights ( Rome, Naples, Santorini, Ephesus, Olympia, Rome) $6,594
How do we fill in this calendar?
| Feb-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | |
| 2025 | Xmas Markets | |||
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| 2027 |
